Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-02-18


on either side of Salt Lake City So far
snow slides have caused no loss OF life
and but little damage to property in
Utah But from this time on for a month
or so the risks will be greater than dur
ing any time past this season. The min
ers, taking lessons from past experience,
have more securely protected themselves
against contingencies OF this sort than
ever before. In spite OF unsettled weather
and bad roads, shipments of ore to our
smelters have been large during the past
few days. The output of bullion and ore
from the Ontario for the last week has
aggregated over $4,000 in value. The
DAILY mill has been closed for repairs.
Lead quotations are quite satisfactory,
reaching $3.50 yesterday. At this
writing the wires are down and no
rates have been received as yet. There
are good reasons for predicting that both
silver and lead will tend upward as the
season opens. Copper is down to lets.
The report that the Anaconda works had
closed down until May next it seems is a
mistake. shortage OF coal incident to
the snow blockade is the cause of tenn
porary stopping. Shipments OF bullion
from Butte last week amounted to $l74,
SIP.
Good reports are received from the
Sweetwater gold mines.
Billiards and snowsides make things
lively in the Cpur d'Alene country.
The parties who took the contract to
open the Boulder mine on Big Creek re-
port striking an eight-ioot body OF ore
that prospects WE'LL but were obliged to
suspend work during the blizzard. Frank
Ollendorf, Clarence Cunningham, Ben
Brush and others are the lucky owners of
this new find.
The mining outlook of the Little Lost
River region, of which comparatively
little has yet been known, is OF an ex-
ceedingly promising nature. Most of the
prominent locations are situated in
Blackburn district, on the east side of
the river, in this county, the Daisy Black
and Ingersoll taking the lead. The lat
ter shows ore rich in silver and lead its
entire length, and carries no little
amount of black copper, with ruby and
native silver. Assays range from few
ounces up to $1,000 ton, with little
gold. Some OF the ore has been shipped
to Salt Lake, and portion to the Viola
smelter. For the amount OF work done
the Ingersol makes big showing
The Daisy Black has Il body OF galena
ore OF immense extent and will, during
the coming season, ship a large amount
and under good management could turn
out a thousand dollars "a day.
Iron in large quantities is found in the
Combination mine. The vein is ovei
forty feet wide and increases as work
progresses.
Other claims also look well, the prin.
cipal ones being the Golden Copper, Tyn.
dali, Silver Queen and Dixie.-KeyStOne
The Idahoan mine has postponed it,
pay day to the 10th proXimo. This is due
to the fact that the owners have sold NJ
ore since the beginning OF the year, and
are waiting to get satisfactory terms
from some smelling works. They have
twenty-five or thirty car loads in HALEY,
which will probably 90 to the Ketchuu
smelter. In the meantime, while wait
ing for suitable terms for its product, the
development OF the mines lower levels il
to be pushed. The east shaft is to bC
sunk $50 and the west $50 feet deeper
and the owners expect that proper ex
ploring will add greatly to the marvellous
wealth OF the mine.
Real estate auction sales in Los An
geles county, California, are said to re
semble fair or circus, a brass band o.
twenty or more pieces being always il
attendance. Lunch, fruit and wines are
served free.
According to the statistics, ten out o
every million people carried by rail il
Europe are killed or injured, and forty
| nf thp In. ;,,t ~ ~,
States.
The Southern Pacific Company intend
to run spur track from Sepulveda Sta
ton, Los Angeles county, to canyon
three miles distant to reach and develoI
large quarry OF fine marble and lime
stone.
Eight thousand miles OF new railroad
were built in the United States durn,
1886.
At Butte on the 18th, VIM. Murray iel
200 feet down the Wake-up Jim shaft AM
was killed instantly.
Wardner News: The largest nugge
yet found in Cmur d'Alene was pickle,
up at the end OF last week, and Trai
gulCh, the Home OF Big Nuggets,
has again the honor OF producing
it. The nugget was found in tn,
claim somewhere near or in Strckeen's
old claim, and weighed 30 ounces and
pennyweights. In cash, at $l6 an ounce
that means $468,SO The nugget wal
found in the drift and is quite free iron
quartz.
A good opportunity for investment viii
offer itself shortly in proposed incorpo
ration OF the American and Hendrick,
mines, near Raft River, in Idaho, and
about thirty-iive miles from Kelton on
the Central Pacific Railroad. A
number OF Salt Lakers have beer
contributing toward development O
these promising lodges and the showing
is fine for profitable mines in the neal
future. Water, timber and cheap sup
plies are close at hand The mines
are admirably situated so far as ease o
access, good road and winter work are
concerned, The ore OF one is
milling quartz OF high grade
the other yields smelling ore OF fail
grade. On the eastern and opposite side
OF Clear Creek Valley, distant fifteer
miles from the last-named mines, lies tho
famous Black Pine Mountain district, il
which high-grade silver and gold mine!
are found and worked